[HP]Aluet

"Shouldn't our next goal be to get rid of the Lin family's lair?" Ranbusi said with a smile, "As far as I know, he has set up several layers of protective spells in his residence, and that old thing is scared, If it is later, it will be troublesome if you run away."

I was still dozing off and woke up in an instant.I looked around at the Death Eaters sitting around the table, and seeing Riddle's expression, my heart skipped a beat.

"Then today." Riddle leisurely stood up from his chair, disappeared into a cloud of black smoke, and Ranbusi followed closely behind, Apparating away, me and a few others They also followed up together.

"You stand so far away, do you not want to make a move?" Irina asked suddenly.I stood behind them, Riddle paused with his hand touching the transparent barrier, turned his head and glanced at me, and the eyes of all the Death Eaters gathered.

Irina!I gritted my teeth in my heart, but I had no choice but to go forward and took out my wands together with them. The dazzling light shot out from the tip of everyone's wands, converged into a point, and hit the barrier.

The barrier hummed, cracks appeared from that point, and finally shattered. I gave Irina a hard look, but she didn't look at me at all, and followed Riddle with her head held high and her chest up.

I really don't want to help this woman, so I might as well get her a bottle of poison and kill her.I thought maliciously.

The road ahead suddenly opened up, and a tall house appeared in front of us, and there was a green lake behind the house.

"This is it." Ranbusi proudly pointed with his wand, and the space around the house was distorted. The door that was directly in front of it disappeared, and we turned to the side to see the door. The strange thing is The door was suspended at the height of the second floor.

"The old fellow is very cunning," said Ranbusi. "No one can fly up there but you, my lord Dark Lord."

I raised my eyebrows calmly.

When did Riddle comprehend flying magic?Mostly it is something like black magic. After all, he has studied it for so many years, so it is reasonable.

Riddle didn't respond, and walked over unhurriedly, stood under the hanging door, raised his head, looked thoughtfully for a while, and twirled his wand in his hand.

"It's just a space spell." He shook his head and waved his wand. The vines growing on the wall of the house quickly crawled up, and then they broke away from the wall, wrapped around the hanging door, pulled it back, and re- It was embedded on the wall, and then the bricks began to flip and move regularly, and the door turned to the inside of the house. Only then did we realize that it was just the back of the wall, not a door at all.And as the bricks changed, a hole was gradually vacated below. I was amazed, and I also became more aware of Riddle's horror.I can't see him more and more.

We walked into the house, and the house was very bright. They opened every room, went upstairs and turned around, but they couldn't find anyone.I frowned suspiciously.

I am completely new to this place, and the study here is nothing like the last time I saw it.

"He ran away." Crabbe came out from the back room. The Death Eaters searched the house upside down, but found nothing of value. "He took everything with him."

"The plans are all in vain, and I have done some useless work..." Avery had a gloomy face.Ranbusi's face was ashen. He couldn't believe that it took him so long to come to nothing.His chest heaved, and he looked at the expressionless Riddle who was walking towards the window with his hands behind his back.

Riddle silently looked at the glistening lake outside the window, and no one could guess what was going on in his heart.

Ranbusi fell to his knees with a plop.

"It's my incompetence, please punish me, Master."

The atmosphere was unnervingly quiet.As if he didn't hear it, Riddle walked rhythmically, pacing back and forth in front of the bookshelf by the window, his eyes scanned every corner, except for Ranbusi.

No one dared to make a sound, wishing they could hold their breath.

"No, you're doing well, Ranbusi." The lazy voice fell into everyone's ears, and I bristled my hairs, "He's right here, he hasn't gone anywhere."

"The innermost protective spell is very new, and it was obviously installed recently." His fingers caressed the platform above the bookshelf without picking up a trace of dust. "Here, it's ridiculously fake."

Everyone stared at him blankly, and he opened the windows on both sides. Only then did I realize that the position of the bookshelf was a bit unreasonable.Riddle waved his hand, and the bookshelf began to move. I was surprised to find that it was just the right size to completely cover the window. With a light push from Riddle, the bookshelf fell down, but his hand did not leave, and it fell down with the bookshelf.I suddenly felt a sense of dizziness, the ground began to rotate, and the direction of gravity became confused. My whole body followed the ground under my feet and turned in a circle, and everyone came to another space.

I shook my head and took a closer look. Riddle was still standing in front of him, his hand just put down from the bookshelf.

I leaned on the window and looked down. The house stood firmly in the center of the lake as if it had the lake as its bottom.

"This..." Ranbusi straightened up with a very surprised expression, "It's another space spell?"

"So, the shadow in the lake is where the real house is." Alphard did not hide the surprise in his eyes, "This Yongmu Lin really has some tricks."

"What's the use, isn't it easily cracked by Lord Dark Lord?" Crabbe sneered.

They walked into the study and walked through rows of familiar bookshelves. I saw Mr. Lin sitting at the innermost table, taking two sips of tea leisurely.

"You are here." His voice was more vicissitudes than the time I saw him, like a dry and brittle leaf, which always makes people worry that it will break at any time.

He raised his dark brown cloudy eyes, and his gaze rested on me.I was afraid that he might misunderstand something, so I secretly moved my hand forward, revealing the ring, and then quietly retracted it into the sleeve.The muscles on his face trembled, and he relaxed on the back of the chair, revealing a smile of unknown meaning.

"Yes, sir." Riddle approached him slowly, took the cup from his trembling hand, and put it beside him.He sat down and looked at Mr. Lin at the same level, "I have approached you more than once, and you should know my sincerity."

"Of course I know, Voldemort..." Mr. Lin didn't move, "But I'm already old, even if I have the heart, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve Lord Demon King anymore."

"I've been wanting to borrow something from you." Riddle said lightly, "You haven't responded to me—sir, I need your help.

As long as you are willing to help, the entire Lin family will benefit in the future...I assure you that the Lin family will not decline, and they will wait for the new era in peace.You are a smart person, and everything you do is great and worthy from the perspective of family interests. "

Mr. Lin's calm eyes met Riddle's without flinching, and finally he let out a long sigh.

"I only want one thing." He said slowly, "If I give you the treasure, you won't go looking for other members of the Lin family—they have nothing to help Lord Demon King, and they will definitely not interfere with you Great cause..." He stood up with the help of the table, and bowed respectfully to Riddle.

"Naturally." Riddle moved the corner of his mouth, "I promise."

Mr. Lin was rummaging through the bookshelf, and he pulled out a big old book from the familiar place.

"I want to remind you...Tom." He suddenly changed his title, "Sometimes, the more you want to avoid all costs to get what you want, the more you will pay the real price..." The voice drifted away In the air, Mr. Lin waved his hand, and countless black characters gathered together to form a large void. After that, everything changed and everything returned to its original state. The book shrank and deformed in his hands, and it became like an hourglass.

Riddle took it, feeling the thick magic waves contained in it.He smiled with satisfaction—he hadn't been able to tell the thing was fake.

He put away the hourglass and stared at the old body, the light in his eyes became cold again.

"Kill him, Ranbusi." He said indifferently, then turned around and walked outside without looking back.

Ranbusi's wand was aimed at Mr. Lin, and after a green light, Mr. Lin leaned against the bookshelf, no longer making a sound, his expression still peaceful.

I stood there blankly, clenched my fist tightly, the cold ring made my fingers hurt, but my palm was wet.I didn't leave here with them until Alphard stretched out his hand and pushed my shoulder.

The cool evening wind blew past, rustling the branches.I landed on the branch of the tree, shook my feathers, turned back into a human and sat on it.Even with no leaves, the branches of this towering tree are enough to cover a large part of the sky.

The moon was brighter than ever, probably because it was directly over my head now.

My legs dangled back and forth and I leaned to the right against the tree trunk.

The wind carried my heavy breathing, and I even felt that it was more comfortable than the bed in the house, at least it would allow me to catch my breath.

I looked at the ring, and my mind wandered thousands of miles away.

"Aisley."

I quickly put my hand down, looked up, and found that Nagini had climbed up at some point.

"What's wrong?" She wrapped around the branch next to me a few times.

"Nothing—just to get some air," I said, my chest heaving with deep breaths.

She remained silent for a while.

"You don't fit in here, Ashley," she said.

"No," I denied, "I'm just... I can't tell, it's complicated... confusing."

"Let's talk about it."

I took one look at Nagini and thought I shouldn't have told her that much.However, I really long for someone to talk with me, I'm almost out of breath, and I can't talk to anyone here.Whenever this happens, I always want to write a letter to Orion, but I feel that I am no longer in the same world with him, and I shouldn't bother him too much, let alone make him feel that every time Find him when you need help.

What's more, I can't speak.I have words to express, but I can't write or speak.

I can't figure it out myself.

"I don't know." I frowned, "Maybe... I'm a little confused, I can't do what I want to do, I can't stop what I don't want to see, I don't know what to do-I, maybe I'm a little fed up This is the day."

"You are still so young, you should be brave enough to do what you want to do." Nagini gently rested his head on my lap.

"I can't do it. There are some things I can't let go of. I think the meaning of my life must be accomplished, but I gradually realize that I can't do anything. My strength is too small, and my goals are too small. Overcoming hardships, I can’t take every step boldly, I can only tremble, as if facing an abyss, like walking on thin ice——I don’t understand him at all, and maybe one day I take a wrong step and I won’t have another chance.”

"Are you talking about... Tom?" she asked hesitantly.

"I don't know." I leaned against the tree trunk irritably, the branches swayed, and the moonlight shone in pieces.

"But he seems to treat you differently, haven't you noticed?"

"Oh - don't tell me that, Nagini." I felt more uncomfortable, I hated the words, and I hated the so-called "different", all of which added to my burden, "It's okay It's the same, just in a different way—you don't understand."

"Why do you think I don't understand?" Nagini asked calmly.

"I know, you know a lot more than I do, but our experiences are different. There are some things you can't fully understand, just like I don't know everything about you."

The chirping of insects was especially clear in the silence of the night.

"To be honest, Ashley." Nagini said calmly, "I can see Tom's ambition, and I know what he did, and I can guess what changes may happen in the future. I hate war, Ashley, I hate it so much.

I had no friends, when I was young I met a man who really understood me, but I didn't really understand him.He joined Grindelwald's camp without hesitation, and he didn't persuade me to join him because he knew I wouldn't.So I lost forever the only 'relative' to me - maybe that's a metaphor.

I never saw him again, and I don't know if he survived that duel in four or five years, but my heart told me he was probably dead. "

I quietly looked at her eyes shining brightly under the moonlight, feeling a little inexplicably touched.

"I've got very little and now I have nothing to lose, so I don't care anymore, I just want to be free again."

"Then why did you choose to stay here?" I asked softly.

"Because even if I leave here, I won't be free," she said. "I'm scared every day, afraid that when I wake up, I won't be myself anymore. I have to hold on to any hope that may exist, and Tom is. After all, there's nothing I can do but hope."

"You are lucky, Ashley, you have the opportunity to choose." She raised her head, and I gently hugged her huge body, feeling a sense of peace of mind that I had never had before.

"Then, since it's here, let's settle down. Take one step at a time, regardless of the outcome."